Month April 2014

A table spoon of flaxseeds powder may drop in A1c level and improve insulin sensivity in people with glucose intolerance. It’s what dr. Michael Greger says in this video.
We’ve known for 20 years that having ground flaxseeds in your stomach can blunt the blood sugar spike from a meal, but it’s never been tetsted in diabetics until now. An open-label study on the effect of flax seed powder supplementation in the management of diabetes a table spoon of ground flaxseedes every day for a month and compared to the control group, a significant drop in fasting blood sugars, triglycerides, and cholesterol, as well as the most important thing: a drop in A1c level, and this was just after a month. Flaxseed consumption may improve insulin sensivity in people with glucose intolerance.About after 12 weeks of flax there was a small but significant drop in insulin resistance – perhaps related to the drop in oxidant stress, given the antioxidant qualities of flaxseed phytonutrients.